Oxacillin- and cefoxitin-susceptible meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-179

  Cuirolo, Arabela ^a   Canigia, Liliana Fernández ^b   Gardella, Noella ^a   Fernández, Silvina ^a   Gutkind, Gabriel ^a   Rosato, Adriana ^c,d,e   Mollerach, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL ALEMÁN   (Argentina)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; CEFOXITIN; GENOMIC DNA; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; CEFOXITIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 78751566674     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.10.017     Document Type: Letter

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